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document.write( "Find the probability of neither a 5 or spade from a deck of cards <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A standard deck of cards has 52 cards.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We will first find the number of cards that are either a 5 or a spade:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "There are 4 5's (one for each suit) and 13 spades.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "However, the 5 of spades has been counted two times, so the number of cards that are either 5 or a spade equals  4+13-1=16.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "There are then 52-16=36 cards that are neither 5 nor spades.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The probability of drawing neither a 5 nor a spade from a standard deck is therefore<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(~5&and;~spade)=36/52=9/13 </SPAN>\n" );
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